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La Fée aux choux
First movie directed by a woman (Alice Guy-Blachée) -
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Silent era
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Mabel's Strange Predicament
Hollywood slapstick pioneer Mabel Normand directed the first movie with Charles Chaplin performing "The Tramp" -
E' piccerella
Masterpiece from the first italian female director Elvira Notari -
Blood and sand
Hollywood golden age drama directed by Dorothy Azner, that she will not be credited for her work -
La Coquille et le Clergyman
Avantgarde movie from Germaine Dulac -
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Golden age of cinema
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Triumph of the will
Most famous propaganda film by controversial director Leni Riefensthal -
Meshes of the afternoon
Maya Deren's most influential underground film -
Last step
Polish director Wanda Jakubowska directs the first film dedicated to the Holocaust -
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New waves
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La canta delle marane
Beutiful work from Cecilia Mangini, the mother of italian documentarism -
La pointe courte
First film from Agnes Varda, the only woman from french "Nouvelle Vague" group -
Sedmikrásky (Daisies)
Vera Chytilová amazing avantgarde film censored in Czechoslovakia for his rebellious spirit -
Il portiere di notte
with this film Liliana Cavani is among the first directors to tackle controversial issues such as female sexuality in Europe -
Women I love
Queer cinema born with Barbara Hammer 70's works -
Pasqualino Settebellezze
With this film Lina Wertmuller is the first woman to be nominated for an Oscar as best director -
Jeanne Dielman
In 2022, Sight & Sound magazine, published by the British Film Institute, placed this Chantal Akerman film as first in the ranking of the hundred best films of all time. -
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Contemporary cinema
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The piano
Jane Campion is the first woman to win the Golden Palm in Cannes Festival as the best director -
Un'ora sola ti vorrei
Alina Marazzi's love homenage to her mother after she passed -
The Hurt Locker
thanks to this film Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win the Academy Award as best director -
Nico, 1988
Susanna Nicchiarelli biopic about Velvet Underground "chanteuse" during the 80's -
Titane
Julia Ducournau renews horror cinema by winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes